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Hill triathlete Brad Rechtfertig has suffered through an injury this fall, which has limited his training. But he was able to compete in the Fearless Triathlon at Mission Bay in San Diego on Oct. 30. “[The race] consisted of a 750m swim, 20k bike and 5k run. It was a Grand Prix-style race where each…
Brendan Steele now has four seasons on the PGA Tour under his belt. Apart from his rookie season, his fourth was his most successful. Moneywise, Steele captured more than $1.3 million this 2014 season, second only to 2011, when he scored a million-dollar win at the Valero Texas Open. So far in his PGA Tour…
Brendan Steele didn’t tear up the course in Louisville last week, but he played the weekend, earned some money and gained a few more FedExCup points in the PGA Championship, the final major of the year. It also was the Idyllwild native’s final tournament of the regular season, since he will sit out this week’s…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, April 17, regular monthly golf tournament held at The Country Club at Soboba Springs. It was a beautiful spring day and the course was in good shape. Dave Robb (course handicap 15) shot a gross 84, net 69 for…
Idyllwild’s Lauren Salter is pursuing her dream to make the U.S. Olympic Skeleton team. This year, just her third year in the sport, she earned a spot on the North American Cup team. Skeleton is a downhill sliding sport, where racers are face down and guide and turn with torque generated from twisting and…
A two-over-par 72 was how Brendan Steele opened the Honda Classic last Thursday on the tough PGA National Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. With this score, he was good enough for only a 102nd-place tie by the end of the tournament’s first day. Then on Friday, while knowing that he had to have…